Announcements

The Northeast Ohio ACC chapterwill offer a presentation titled How In-House Counsel Can Preserve the Attorney-Client Privilege: What Hat are You Wearing? on Thursday, August 18, at the Penton Media Building, 1300 East Ninth Street in Cleveland. It begins at 8:00 a.m. and ends at 10:30 a.m.
Speakers Kerin Lyn Kaminski and Karen L. Giffen of Giffen...

The San Diego ACC chapter and LexisNexis are offering members a CLE session and wine tasting event in Temecula on Sunday, August 14.
Members will meet at the Carmel Valley Park and Ride 12791 Sorrento Valley Road in San Diego. The day will begin with the CLE session - "Ethical Landmines: Real-Life, Cutting-Edge Issues from Today's Headlines" - a...

On Wednesday, August 24, the Pennsylvania Bar Institute will offer a one-hour seminar examining the benefits and pitfalls of lawyers using social media titled Social Media for Lawyers: Darned if You Do, Darned if You Don't?It will be held at PBI's CLE Conference Center in the Wanamaker Building in central Philadelphia. It begins at 1:00 and ends at 2:00 p....

Mal Serure and Anna Stern of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP served the Settlement Housing Fund (SHF) by successfully negotiating a commercial lease for SHF's housing development fund corporation, thus helping to ensure the success of an affordable cooperative in Harlem.
SHF is a leading not-for-profit developer of affordable housing in New York City...

The American Conference Institute has planned a forum this fall titled Wage Hour Claims and Class Actions on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 20 and 21.
It will run from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday and from 8:00 a.m. to 3:40 p.m. on Wednesday. Workshop A, a Wage and Hour Caselaw Primer, will be held on Monday from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Workshop B,...

Join the District of Columbia Bar on Tuesday, August 30, for a seminar titled Balancing Legal Ethics with the Realities of Law Practice. It will be held at the DC Bar Conference Center, 1101 K. Street, NW in Washington, DC, beginning at 1:30 p.m. and ending at 4:45 p.m.
From conflict of interest rules to the evolving use of technology, legal ethics...

On Thursday and Friday, August 18 and 19, the State Bar of Texas will offer Governance of Nonprofit Organizations.
This two-day program will run from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Thursday and from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Friday at the Four Seasons Hotel, 98 San Jacinto Blvd. in Austin.
Topics on Thursday include legal and tax rules for investing;...

On Monday, August 22, the New York City Bar will host a program featuring Ethics in the Electronic Age: Be Careful when using that Cell phone, Blackberry, Blog, or Social Network.
The morning program will run from 9:00 a.m. until noon at the New York City Bar Association, 42 West 44th Street in New York City.
Using the latest technology to...

The Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals will hold a one-day Essentials Seminar at the Balboa Bay Club in Newport Beach on Wednesday, September 14. This crash course for corporate secretaries addresses the fundamentals of corporate governance and provides basic training for those new to the function as well as a refresher for the...

More than 450 leaders from the legal, financial and nonprofit sectors gathered at Gotham Hall in Manhattan for Lawyers Alliance's 2011 Business Law & Leadership Gala, celebrating the partnership between lawyers and nonprofits and their power to transform New York City communities.
This year's distinguished honorees were Louise M. Parent,...

The ACC Houston chapter has planned a day-long Back to School Symposium on Thursday, August 25, at the Hilton Post Oak, 2001 Post Oak Blvd. in Houston.
The program will run from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. with breakfast and registration at 9:30 and a cocktail reception at 5:30 p.m.
A variety of topics will be covered. Vinson & Elkins will sponsor...

On Thursday, August 18, The American Law Institute-American Bar Association is offering a review of social media for attorneys titled LinkedIn for Lawyers: A Practical Guide to the No. 1 Social Media Tool.
It is a live telephone seminar with live audio webcast to any computer, starting at 1:00 p.m. and ending at 2:30 p.m. EST.
Many lawyers now...

The Pennsylvania Bar Institute will offer a course titled Social Media in the Workplace: Facebook, Twitter, foursquare & Other Web 2.0 Sites on Tuesday, August 9, at PBI's CLE Conference Center at the Wanamaker Building in Central Philadelphia. The program begins at 8:30 a.m. and ends at 12:45 p.m.
Social networking is permeating the workplace like...

This summer, the DC Bar Association will offer a two-part series looking at internal employment investigations. Part I, Internal Employment Investigation Essentials: How to Conduct in Private Sector, will be held Monday, August 22, and part II, Privilege, Ethics and Strategy, will be held Monday, August 29.
Both will be held at the association, 1101 K...

International Law Office (ILO) and the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) hosted the fifth annual Global Counsel Awards in New York this June. The gala event celebrated the achievements of in-house counsel who were recognized by their peers as excelling in their chosen fields. This year's event was attended by 470 senior lawyers from across the world,...

On Tuesday, September 13, the New York City Bar Association will offer a program titled A Mediation Career: Getting Started. The class will be held at the New York City Bar Center, 42 West 44th Street in New York City. The session begins at 9:00 a.m. and ends at noon.
This is a practical beginner class for attorneys who have considered the mediation...

On Thursday to Sunday, September 15-18, the State Bar of California will hold its 84th Annual Meeting in Long Beach.
It will be held at the Long Beach Convention Center on Ocean Blvd. in Long Beach.
Among the offerings are 158 educational programs with up to 19 hours of MCLE credit and 3 education tracks, including credit in all the subfields and...

The DC Bar has named Monika Kalra Varma as executive director of its Pro Bono Program. Ms. Varma will assume the position September 30 subsequent to the retirement of the program's current executive director, Maureen Thornton Syracuse.
The Pro Bono Program mobilizes the private bar to assist in making legal advice and representation fully available...

New York County Lawyers Association president Stewart D. Aaron sent a letter to the 2011 Commission on Judicial Compensation, recommending an immediate increase in judicial compensation for New York State Supreme Court judges together with cost-of-living increases. In the letter, the bar association president urged the Commission to increase the judges'...

The New York City Bar Association will replay a video of a popular program titled The Role of an Attorney on a Non-Profit Board. It will be held on Thursday, August 18, at the New York City Bar Association at 42 West 44th Street in Manhattan.
The event begins at 9:00 a.m. and ends at noon.
Topics covered will include the legal framework of New York...

The South Florida Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel and the firm of Proskauer Rose LLP will offer a breakfast series program titled A Fearful Walk through the National Labor Relations Act for the Non-Union Employer.
The program is on Thursday, August 11, at the offices of Proskauer Rose, LLP located at 2255 Glades Road in Boca Raton,...

Thomas S. Williamson, Jr., a partner at Covington & Burling LLP, has been elected president-elect of the DC Bar for the 2011-2012 term. Mr. Williamson assumed office in June. He will serve in that post for one year before becoming president and will continue in office a third year as immediate past president. On Mr. Williamson's installation,...

The Charlotte Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel has planned a luncheon program on negotiations titled How to Keep the Deal You Think You've Negotiated.
It is scheduled for Wednesday, September 7, at Byron's South End, 101 W. Worthington in Charlotte, North Carolina. It begins at noon and ends at 1:30 p.m.
Whether an M&A deal,...